Photography SHOULD be fun.
But at $20+ per frame for 5x7 and up, the sitter SHOULD sit still!
Photography SHOULD be fun.
But at $20+ per frame for 5x7 and up, the sitter SHOULD sit still!
[Cues up the old song from Gigi] Ah, yes, I remember it well! All about definitions even though there was basic agreement on everything else.
With a folding field camera with no rear-standard focus and no easy way to move your camera back-and-forth except picking up and repositioning the tripod on uneven terrain necessitating lengthening and shortening of leg lengths, with the wind moving everything around and, finally, once you get everything positioned perfectly finding out that there's no easy way to get to the front of the camera to set aperture/shutter speed so you have to dismount the lens carefully, set everything, and replace it carefully, hoping you haven't moved anything from it's original position...
Yep, been there, done that.
Doremus
Bigger is better??? :0
Steve K
Last edited by jnantz; 17-May-2022 at 09:21.
This has been a helpful thread for me. Thanks.
Mine: Using a light meter is like using a tuning fork before playing every note of Devil’s Dream on the fiddle. (I am not there yet!)
...Dilettante! Who you calling a Dilettante?
I have no "opinions" about large format photography that I feel need expressing to others. I enjoy what photography brings to my life, the things it enables me to do, and the sense of purpose it gives me. Any opinions I have about LF photography that may be "unpopular" with others are irrelevant.
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